Super Bowl XLVII Delivers Second-Largest Canadian Audience Ever With 7.33 Million
The 35-minute delay due to the stadium power outage hardly mattered as 1.23 million viewers tuned into the debut episode of CTV's Motive cop drama in the post-Ravens vs. 49ers match-up slot.
TORONTO - Super Bowl XLVII drew 7.33 million Canadian viewers Sunday night to CTV and RDS, the second largest-ever NFL championship game on TV sets here.
That made last night's telecast the most-watched TV show in Canada this year.
The Baltimore Ravens beating San Francisco 49ers was down on last year’s 8.2 million audience, according to BBM Canada data.
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But an average 9.4 million Canadian viewers watched as Beyonce entertained during the half-time show.
And 18.2 million Canadians, or just over half the population, watched some of Super Bowl XLVII, according to BBM Canada.
Elsewhere, the 35-minute delay due to the New Orleans stadium power outage did little to dent ratings for the lead-out debut episode of Motive on CTV.
The 49ers second-half charge kept enough Canadian viewers around to bring 1.23 million viewers to the first season premiere of Motive, a local cop drama picked up last week by ABC for its summer schedule.
Motive, which stars Kristin Lehman as detective Angie Flynn, snagged the plum post-Super Bowl slot for its debut after a hand-off from CBS and its simulcast feed Sunday night.
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